Ravihiro agrees to marry Rumina

At evening when Rumina arrived at Ravihiro's house, she felt an unsettling stillness in the air. The usual signs of his presence were missing, and a strange tension prickled along her skin. She noticed faint traces of blood on the ground, almost hidden, but enough to spark concern. Following the trail, she moved cautiously through the trees, her senses on high alert.

The scent of blood grew stronger, filling the air with an overwhelming metallic tang. As she reached the cliffside, a chilling scene unfolded before her. "Ravihiro sat alone, his form outlined against the deepening twilight. His clothes were drenched in blood, his face expressionless, and his aura a mixture of dark despair and raw, destructive energy".Corpses of beasts and humans, members of the notorious Crimson Blood Sect, lay scattered around him, their bodies twisted and broken.

Rumina froze, feeling a shiver run down her spine. Ravihiro's presence was terrifying-an embodiment of death itself. His aura was suffused with something darker, something both chaotic and unyielding, yet there was a faint glimmer of light in the depths of his gaze, as if some piece of his humanity clung stubbornly amidst the darkness.

Suddenly, Ravihiro looked up, his piercing gaze locking onto hers, intense and unwavering. He stood slowly, his movements deliberate, his expression unreadable. "So... you still want to marry me, huh?" His voice was low, carrying an edge that sent goosebumps across her skin. "Will you still say yes after seeing this?"

For a moment, there was silence, the world around them fading away, and it felt as though they were suspended in time, caught betwee life and death, hope and despair.

Rumina met his gaze, her own steady, a spark of defiance in her eyes. "Yes. I would still marry you, Ravihiro."

A flicker of surprise crossed his face before it quickly disappeared, replaced by that same dark mask. Yet, in his eyes, a faint light-a vulnerable ember-seemed to ignite, as if her words had reached a place deep within him, beyond the blood and darkness.

The chapter ends, leaving the cliffside in eerie silence, shrouded in the mystery of what lay between them and what Ravihiro's acceptance of her words might mean for both of their futures.